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Federal Court has ordered Clorox Australia Pty Ltd (Clorox) to pay a total penalty of $8.25 million for making false or misleading representations to consumers that certain GLAD kitchen and garbage bags were partly made of recycled ‘ocean plastic’, following court action by the ACCC.

The Federal Court has today ordered Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd (DG Institute) to pay $5 million in pecuniary penalties for making false or misleading representations to consumers in the promotion and sale of two education programs called Real Estate Rescue (RER) and Master Wealth Control (MWC), and to pay consumer redress totalling $14.7 million to students enrolled in the MWC program.

Scam warning: The ACCC is aware that scammers have been calling people, falsely claiming to help them get a refund from various businesses. They may use this media release about refunds from Grays to convince you that it is real.

Davie Clothing Pty Ltd, supplier of the popular loungewear brand ‘Oodie’, has paid $101,280 in penalties for allegedly failing to comply with a mandatory product safety standard.

Electricity retailer M2 Energy Pty Ltd, trading as Dodo Power & Gas (Dodo) paid $82,500 in penalties after the ACCC issued six infringement notices to Dodo for alleged contraventions of the Electricity Retail Code of Conduct (the Code). Dodo has also provided an enforceable undertaking to the ACCC in which it has admitted it contravened the Code.

The Federal Court has ordered Delta Building Automation Pty Ltd to pay a penalty of $1.5 million for attempting to rig a tender at the National Gallery of Australia, in proceedings brought by the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed the Victorian Government’s move to implement tough new penalties for people who assault retail workers.

Banking and financial services company HSBC Bank Australia has paid penalties totalling $33,000 after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued it with two infringement notices for alleged contraventions of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) rules.

The Federal Court has ordered Mazda Australia Pty Ltd to pay $11.5 million in penalties for engaging in “misleading and deceptive conduct and making false or misleading representations” to nine consumers about their consumer guarantee rights.

The Federal Court has decided to impose penalties totalling $6 million on Honda Australia, accepting Honda engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct, and made false or misleading representations to customers of former authorised Honda Australia dealerships Brighton Automotive Holdings Pty Ltd (Astoria), Tynan Motors Pty Ltd (Tynan) and Buick Holdings Pty Ltd (Burswood).

The ACCC is warning franchisors to urgently review and amend their standard form franchise agreements or be prepared for potential enforcement action after a review of franchising contracts found wide-ranging concerns.

Car parts suppliers and retailers Repco, Supercheap Auto and Innovative Mechatronics Group (IMG), an automotive electrical parts supplier, have each paid penalties after the competition watchdog ACCC issued them with infringement notices for supplying aftermarket car key remotes that allegedly breached warning requirements for products powered by button batteries.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, is set to begin enforcing the new gas market code from mid-September following completion of the current two-month transition period which commenced on 11 July.

Retailers The Reject Shop and Dusk have paid a total of nearly $240,000 after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued them with infringement notices related to the supply of Halloween novelty products containing potentially lethal button batteries.

ING Bank has paid penalties totalling $53,280 for allegedly failing to comply with Consumer Data Right (CDR) Rules and making a false or misleading representation to consumers, after the ACCC issued it with four infringement notices.

The Bank of Queensland has paid a penalty of $133,200 after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued it with an infringement notice for allegedly breaching the Consumer Data Right (CDR) Rules by failing to provide a service enabling consumers’ data to be shared.

Samsung Electronics Australia has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $14 million in penalties after it admitted misleading consumers about the suitability of various Samsung Galaxy phones to be submerged in pool or sea water.

New Zealand's competition regulator the Commerce Commission has warned businesses that agreements they reach with their competitors can result in imprisonment, as it undertakes its latest Scene of a Crime education campaign.

Food distributor and retailer HBC Trading Australia has paid penalties of $26,640 after the consumer watchodog the ACCC issued it with two infringement notices for allegedly making false or misleading representations about its Chef’s Choice-branded ‘alcohol free pure vanilla extract’ im an online caalogue posted on its website.

Telstra has paid an infringement notice of $2.53 million after the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found large-scale breaches of rules intended to protect the privacy and safety of customers.